IMPORTANT FRANCOPHONE GOVERNMENT OFFICE ADDRESSES
The closest Belgian Consular Representative:
Mr. Jan Verbeeck, Consul
230 Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 2710
Atlanta, GA 30303
Consular office hours 9 AM - 12 PM
Phone (404) 659-2150, Fax (404) 659-8474
E-mail: Atlanta@diplobel.org
Canadian Consulate in Houston
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/houston/menu-en.asp
The Consulate of Canada
5847 San Felipe Street, Suite 1700
Houston, Texas 77057
Tel: (713) 821-1440
Fax: (713) 821-1611
e-mail: hston-td@international.gc.ca
FRENCH CONSULATE
Quebec Trade Office - Atlanta
http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/usa/en/atlanta/qui_sommes_nous/index.asp
1170 Peachtree Street N.E.,
suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel : (404) 815-4979
Fax : (4048156664
Courriel : qc.atlanta@mri.gouv.qc.ca
FRENCH Offices
Consulat Général de France à Houston
http://www.consulfrance-houston.org/
777 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77056
Tel. (713) 572-2799
Fax. (713) 572-2911
info@consulfrance-houston.org
Consulat honoraire en Arkansas
- Agence consulaire de Maumelle
Mme Marylou Martin
21 Monarch Drive
Maumelle, AR 72113-66112
Tel (501) 450-1350
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ADDRESSES
L'ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE MEMPHIS
http://www.people.memphis.edu/%7Ewjthmpsn/alliance.html
Dr. Will THOMPSON
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
The University of Memphis
Dunn Hall 375
MEMPHIS, TN 38152
Tel. (901) 678-3160
Arkansas AATF
http://arkansasfrench.org/
Sue Mistric, President
E-mail: smistric@mtstmary.edu
Heather J. Tarpley, Treasurer
E-mail: heather.tarpley@littlerockchristian.com
International Baccalaureate Schools in Arkansas:
Ms Kelly O'Rourke
korourke@mtstmary.edu
Mount Saint Mary Academy
3224 Kavanaugh Blvd
Little Rock, AR 72205
http://mtstmary.edu
Ms Jule Grant
grantj@hssd.net
Hot Springs High School / Middle School
701 Main Street
Hot Springs School District
Hot Springs, AR 71913
http://hssd.net
Ms Becky Rosburg
rosburgb@hssd.net
Park International Magnet School
220 Tom Ellsworth Drive
Hot Springs AR 71901
http://www.hssd.net
More Educational Addresses
Arkansas International Center
http://www.ualr.edu/~lsdept/AIC.html
International Business Schools In Arkansas
http://www.edref.com/college-degrees/business-and-management/international-business/arkansas
National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (AR reps)
Susan Grier
sgrier@arkedu.k12.ar.us
Arkansas Department of Education
#4 Capitol Mail
Little Rock, AR 72201-1071
Phone: 501-682-4398
Fax: 501-682-4618
Ellen Treadway
etreadway@arkedu.k12.ar.us
Arkansas Department of Education
#4 Capitol Mail
Little Rock, AR 72201-1071
Phone: 501-682-4250
Fax: 501-682-4886
FRANCOPHONE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR ARKANSAS
According to the 2000 census, there are about 7500 speakers of French, French Creole, and Cajun French in Arkansas
There are nearly 60,000 Arkansas residents who claim Franco-American or French Canadian heritage.
ARKANSAS FRENCH PLACE NAMES
Some Old French Place Names in the State of Arkansas
http://peace.saumag.edu/swark/articles/ahq/arkansas/ark_frenchnames/frenchnames191.html
The Origin of the Name Arkansas
http://littlerock.about.com/library/weekly/aa051500b.htm
History of Arkansas Co., Arkansas - Arkansas: French interpretation of a Sioux word "acansa," meaning "downstream place."
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ararkans/history.html
"Colonial Arkansas Place Names (# 139 of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly)
http://peace.saumag.edu/swark/articles/ahq/arkansas/colonialnames/colonialnames139.html
Foti, Thomas and Gerald T. Hanson. Arkansas and the Land. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992.
Lafayette County, Fayetteville, Maumelle, Crossett, Dardanelle, Dumas, Paris, Antoine, Belleville, Belview, Blue Bayou, Bayou Meto, L'Anguille River, Terre Rouge Creek, Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake Chicot, DeGray Lake, Maumelle
FRENCH MOMENTS IN ARKANSAS HISTORY
1673 - The French came to Arkansas (Marquette and Joliet).
1682 - Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, reaches the Arkansas on his way to the mouth of the Mississippi, claiming the area fro France. Visits a Quapaw village.
1682 - Louis XIV granted Henri de Tonti a seigneury on the Arkansas River.
1686 - Henri de Tonti was the first permanent settler in Arkansas territory at Arkansas Post.
1687 - Abbe Jean and Joutel reached the Arkans1as River.
1700 - French Catholic missionaries arrive in present-day Arkansas.
1700 - Pierre-Charles le Sueur with 20 men travels up the Mississippi River as far as the Minnesota River, passing by Arkansas on the way.
1717: Scottish land speculator John Law recruits French settlers for a colony to be built in the wilderness of what is now Arkansas.
1721 - Bienville send Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de La Harpe to explore the Arkansas Valley
1721 - Arkansas Post abandoned by 1300 colonists after John Law dabacle.
1721 - Pierre-Charles le Sueur with 20 men travels up the Mississippi River as far as the Minnesota River, passing by Arkansas on the way.
1721 - A small detail of French soldiers arrives at Arkansas Post and reports that the Quapaws had relocated their villages on the Arkansas River, probably for protection against the Chickasaws.
1721 - French trappers have ascended the Arkansas River for some distance
1722 - Benard de La Harpe explored Arkansas River, named Little Rock. He proceeds upstream past Little Rock, but encounters no Indian settlements, like the Quapaw, along the way.
1731: Louisiana, including what is now Arkansas, becomes French royal colony
1738: French regulars, militia and Quapaw and Choctaw allies begin a two-year campaign against the Chickasaw, who threaten both residents and travelers.
1756: Arkansas Post moved to Desha County, across from Big Island.
1753 - Beginning of the French and Indian War (ends in 1762).
1762 - France ceded New Orleans and land west of the Mississippi River (including Arkansas), but French soldiers remain at Arkansas Post.
1800 - Treaty of San Ildefonso secretly returns Louisiana [incl. Arkansas] from Spanish to French control.
1803 - The land for Arkansas was bought from France
See Arnold, Morris S. Colonial Arkansas 1686-1804: A Social and Cultural History. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1991.
French Colonial Arkansas
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/atufrencol.html
European Explorers in the Mississippi Valley
http://www.uark.edu/depts/contact/explorers.html
The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial in Arkansas
http://www.lapurchase.org/index.html
